Railway-road-bed construction.



G. R. HOLDEN. RAILWAY ROAD BED CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1909. RENEWED FEB. 2, 1910.

968, 1 5 5 Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

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G. R. HOLDEN.

RAILWAY ROAD BED CONSTRUCTION. 7 APPLICATION IILED MAY 17, 1909. RENEWED EEE. 2, 1910.

968, 1 55. Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

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O. R. LDEN.

RAILWAY ROA D CONSTRUCTION.

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CHARLES R. v:ezonnmr, or crucesoyrnnmois.

RAILWAY-ROAD-BED CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters latent. Patented Aug, 23, 1910,

lpplica'tionfiled m 17, 1909, Serial no. 496,584. Renewed February 2, 19,10. s r no. 541,601.

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. Homes, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi cago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Im provement in Railway-Road-Bed Construction, of which, the following is a specification'.

My invention relates, more particularly,

to im rovements in ties of wood or'other proper, other objects being to provide a sim-' ple construction of plate having abutments. so formed integrally therewith as to notimpair the stability of the tie-structure, and to provide means, cooperating with the means for holding the rails to the ties, for engag'- ing with the spikes holdingthe plates to the ties to positively prevent accidental displacementof the spikes. I

Referring to the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a plan'view ofone end of a tie of'wood or other like material showinga plate spiked thereto and carrying a ra1l,'the securing means for which engage. with one ofthe spikes, this construction being one of the formsin which my invention may be embodied. Fig. 2 isa section'takon at the line 2 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the diroot-ion of the arrow, this view being of reduced size. Fig.8 is asection taken at the line 3 on Fig. 1 and Viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the rail-supporting plate illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the construction of removable and re laeeable rail-flange-engaging clip illustrate in Fig. I. Fig. 6 is. a perspective view of a wedgebar foriorcing the clip shown in Fig. 5 to ward and into engagement with the rail. Fi 7 is a perspective view of the ordinary 8 showing another modification of the plate of Fig. 4. Fig.10 isaview like that of Fig.

1 showing a modified construction of spike and the means cooperatin therewith for "holding it in place in the tie. Fig. 11 is a section taken at the line 11 on Fig. 10 and viewed in the direction'of the arrow, this view being reduced in size. Fig. 12 is a a;- spect1ve view of the railsfastening clip illustrated in Fig.11. Fig. 13 is a perspective new of the form of spike employed in the ing the plate to the tie adjacent to this clip.

Fig. 14 is a plan view of one end of a tie of wood, or like material, with a plate like that shown at 2 5 111 .Flg. 8 secured thereon, this VIGW'ShOWIDg how the spike-retaining feature of my invention'may be embodied in a form of removable and replaceable rail-engaging clip, diiferent from those illustrated in the preoedlng figures. Fig. 15 is a section taken at the-line .15 on Fig. 14 and viewed -in the direction of the arrow. Fi .15 isa top plan view of one end-portion o the plate shown on Fig. 14. Fig. 15 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 16. is a section taken at the line 16 on Fig. 15 and viewed in the .d rectionof the arrow. Fig. 17 is a'perspective view of the key'eng-aging clip illusverted position. Fig. 18- is a. 'erspective view of the rail-flange engaging ey shown direction of the arrow, this viewshowing- One of the raiLflange-engagmg cllps in see construction illustrated in Fig. 11 for hold- ,trated in Fig. 15, the clip being shown 'inin:

in Fig. .15. Fig. 19 is-a broken plan view ofi tion," Fig. 22 is a perspective view of one of the two similar rail fiange-engaging clips forming. a part of the structure illustrated in Fig.19; and Fig. 23, a similar view of the'bolt-device employed for hold ngthe .clips of Fig. 19 in osition on the tielate.

In. each of the i1 ustrations '1n the rawings I have shown but one tie-plate secured to a tie with a rail fastened. to the plate, though it will be understood that in pracios tice two tie-plates and the fastening means i -55 engaging shoulder 40, a rearwardly-extendw hereinafter described will be provided for each tic toward its opposite ends.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 9 inclusive, one end portion of a tie of wood, or an other suit-j able material of a character a opted to receive a spike is represented at 24. The tie is shown as supporting at its upper side a plate 25, of metal, which is considerably longer than the width of the rail supported thereon and represented at 26, this plate containing in its opposite end-portions, beyond tion to be engaged by the rail-flange 33.-

The lugs 31. in thisplate-construction are formed from the edgeportions of the plate 25 by partially severingthe metal of these portions between the ends of the plates and then bending up such partially severed portions to cause them to extend at right angles to the body of the plate, it being preferred that the bending lines, and thus the baseportions of the In a 31 of the partially severed portions oi the plate, extend obliquely with relation to the edges of the lat ter, and converge toward the median line of the plate, as represented at 35, the object of so forming the clips as'to cause their base portions to extend obliquely being hereinafter set forth. The plate 25 toward the end containing the spike-hole 28 contains an elongated slot 36 which; communicates with the hole 28, the latter and the slot 36 being preferably located midway between the lateral edges of the plate containing them. The slot 36 isprovided for the purpose of receiving a removable and replaceable rail-.

' for engaging with flange-engaging clip 37 the flange 38 of the rail 26 opposite to.that which engages with the abutments 31, it vbeingpreferred that these abutments' engage with theouter flange of the rail and that the ch 37 engage with the inner flange thereo The clip illustrated com rises a body-portion 39 provided with. a m: -flangelug ii, an undercut portion 42 adjacent to the lug 41, a depending shank 4,3, circular in. cross-section, and a crossepiece id formed witha curved up 'er surface 4,5 and extendinat a right ang' e to the body-portion of t e plate, the lower portion of this crossiece being of'wedge-shape as illus-.

trate at 4-6. p I I To fasten the rail 23 to the plate, assuming in a form permittin V of the plate to be retained, as for instance by scales A wedge-bar, such as for instance the one represented at, 47, is then wed ed between the undercut portion 42 of the c ip and the headof the spike 30, thereby causmg the clip to be forced toward the rail and its shoulder 40 to be turned down and against the rail v flange 38, the clip being given this tipping action owing to the fact'that the Wedge 47 engages the clip at a point. above the crosspiece 44:. i

It will .be-noted from the drawings and the foregoing description thereof, that the spikes 29 and 30 are provided for the purpose only of holding the late to the tle, and that means-separate therefrom are employedfor fastening the rail to the plate. Furthermore, the spikes en a the plate beyond the abutments 31 an exerted against the spikes tending to withdraw them'from the tie when a train is passing over a track, is reduced to such an extent as compared with constructions wherein the spikes directly en a e the rail, that dan ger of withdrawal 0 t espikes is reduced 31 as to cause their bases to extend. obliquely with relation to the sides of the plates carrying them is to enable the abutments to be formed integrally from the late at its sides,

without impairing the stabi lty and supportin "strength of the tie-structure.

he construction of tie-plate illustrated in Fig. 8 difil'ers from the plate re resentedin Fig. 1' with regard to its fixed a utments for the raiL- Instead of forming ahutinents 31 between the ends of the plate as described ahutments 48 are formed from corners o the plate 25 and bent along lines oblique to i the sides of the plate as represented at 49,

c ip 37 and thus the leverage to the minimum. Danger of impairment to these abutments extending to the extreme.

end of the plate. It wiil thus be seen that the feature of advantage recited ofthe abutments 31, h reason of havin walls exten obli uely with're ation to the sides of the. plate, is also afforded by the construction illustrated in Fig; 8.

If desired, the plate 25 ma be provided the ful seating area their base forming permanent abutments for the rail on the plate, by the well known rolling process, the form of abutments preferred being those illustrated at 50.

. The construction iliustrated in Figs. 10 to 13, inclusive, necessitates the .use of a special form of spike for the end of a plate adjacent to the removable clip for the rail. In this construction the. lug 41 on the clip 37 is dispensed with and as a substitute therefor I provide a special form of spike 51, equipped with a rib 52, the upper surface of which, when the spike is driven into the tie forv holding the plate to it, extends-flush with the upper sirface of the platef25. The wedge-bar 47 in this construction is adapted to be wedged between-the undercut portion 42 of the clip 37 and the head of the spike 51 8 above the rib 52. The operation of securing the rail to the plate is the same as that described of the construction shown in the preceding figures, the onlydifierence being that instead of the clip 37 engaging directly with the adjacent spike for holding it against withdrawal from the tie, it engages indirectly therewith through the medium of the wedge-bar 47 bearing against the rib 52.

In Figs. 14 to 18 inclusive, I have illustrated another embodiment of my invention. In this construction the plate 25 afiords abutments 48 like those described of the construction in Fig.8, these abutments serving to engage with the outer flange 33 of the rail 26, the construction illustrated in Figs. 14 to 18 inclusive difl'ering from those already described in the form of means for engaging with'the flange of the rail opposed to that engaging the abutments, for holding the rail to the tie. The plate 25 is provided with spaced struck-up portions 53 disposed at one side and intermediatethe spike-opening 28 with a slot "54in the plate between the portions 53. 'By forming-the portions 53, recesses 55 are provided on the under side of the plate at opposite sides of the. slot 54 afi'ording oppositely disposed shoulders 56 and 57 flanking the slot 54. A removable and replaceable abutment device represented at 58 is adapted to be inserted into the slot 5a, to interlock with the plate 25 and adjacent.

spike 30. To permit this to be done, I form the device 58 with'a depending shank 59 terminating in a transversely-disposedcrosspiece 60, an undercut portion 61 having a curved surface 62. and a 'rearwardly.-extending lip 63. 1 To position'the device 58 on the plate, the cross-piece '60 is inserted through the slot 54 and then rotated therein 'to cause ,the ends of the cro$-piece to extend into 60 the recesses, 55 and abut against the shoulders 56 and 57 and the lip 63 to bear against the ike 30. The abutment-device 58 thus positioned on the plate 25 serves as an abutment for a. rail-flange-engaging key, such as 6 that represented at 64. The key illustrated comprises a body-portion 65 of curved shape in cross-section tapering in size throughout its length and of gradually decreasing thickness from its larger toward its smaller end as represented, a laterally-disposed rail-' flange-engaging shoulder 66 adapted to bear against the ad acent flange of the rail and bearing lugs 64 at opposite sides of the shoulder 66. It is intended that this 'keybe inserted at its small end into the undercut portion 61 of the device 58, to cause its curvedouter wall to bear against the curved surface 62 and its shoulder 66 against the rail-flange. The key 65 may then be forced transversely of the plate into tigl1t-engage-' ment with the abutment 58 and rail-flange 38, the rail-flange-engaging portion 660i the against the head of the spike 30 and thus any tendency of the spike to be withdrawn by the action of a train passing over the track is avoided.

In Figs. 19 to 23 inclusive, I have shown still another embodimentof my invention.

The tie-plate 25 of this construction is formed with abutments 48like those represented in Fig. 8 for the flange 33 of the'rail 26, with the spike-holes 27 and 28 formed in the stea of providin the 'o ening 36 for receiving a removable an replaceable clip such as that represented at 37, abutments 71 are provided for the purpose of coiiperating with wedge-clips 72 engaging with the flange 38 of the rail. The wedgeclips 72 are of curved shape in cross-section and tapered at their sides and edges from end to end as re resented at 73 and 7 4, respectively,

' it being esigned that these clips be inserted into curved slots7'5 formed in the abutments 71,- from opposite sidw of the plate to osition them as represented in Fig. .19.

of the clips 72 carries toward its outer end an apertured lug 76, at its inner end an abutment-lug 77, and between these'lugs lateral rail-flange-engaging portions 78 and depending lugs 82 and83. It is designed that these clips be a plied to the abutments 71- as described an then forced towardeach other to cause their tapering surface 7 3 and 74 to move against the curved walls of the recesses 75 and the top surface of the plate 25, respectively, to turn these clips in the recesses 75 and thus force the portions78, 82 and 83 thereof into engagement with the rail-fiange 38. The means which I prefer to employ for so operating the clips 72 com "prise a bolt 79 which extends through the plate adjacent to its extremities, but in-' apertures in the lugs 76 and bears at its headed end against the adjacent one of the lugs 76, the bolt at its screw-threaded end carying a nut 80 adapted to be screwed against the other of the lugs 7 6, whereby the clips 72 may be forced toward each other for performing the rail-securing function.

The construction shown in Figs. 1 to 9, wherein the aperture 36 communicates with the aperture 28, is preferred, but where comparatively thin plates are used, in order to stifl'en the sides of the aperture 36 to sustain the strain thereon of the lugs 44 of the clip 37 a strip of metal 53 is interposed between said apertures as in Fi 15.

Itwill be noted that in so far as the feature of providing means for securing the rails tothe plates isconcerned, the particular form of rail-securing means isimmaterial, so long as the above recited feature is preserved. It will also be noted that the feature of providing means associated with the rail-securing means for engaging with a spike pf the plate is not limited in its embodiment to the particular ways illustrated and described.

As hereinbefore stated, this invention relates not only to ties formed of wood, but of every other material into which a spike may be driven and held in position agalnst accidental withdrawal, and therefore by referring in the claims to wooden ties I do not wish to be understood as limiting my invention to its use in connection with ties formed of .wood,.as it is applicable to ties formed of any other suitable material having the properties which render ties formed of wood -desirable.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. A metal tie-plate for ties of the character setforth containing openings adapted to receive means for fastening the plate to a tie, said openings being spaced sufliciently far apart to cause said means, when in position in the plate and tie, to be out of engagement with the rail seated thereon, and abutments for aside of a rail formed integrally with said plate, said abutments being non-coincident with the parts of the plate containing said openings, said plate'having' an opening adapted to receive and retain means for enga ing the other side of the rail and containing a second opening adjacent to said last referred to opening adapted to receive a-removable wedge-engaging abut ment, for the pu ose set forth.

2. In combinatlon with a tie of wood or other material suitable to retain spikes, a metal tie-plate seated thereon and containing openings, means extending through said openings for securing the late to the tie, said openings being space .suificiently far apart'to causesaid means, when in position on the plate and tie, to be out of engagement with a rail seated thereon, abutments for one side of a rail formed integrally with said plate out of coincidence. with the parts of said plates containing said openings, means for engaging the opposite side of the rail extending through an opening in the plate and so constructed as to be maintained in posisaid plate and non-coincident with said openings, means for engaging the other side of a rail extending into an, opening in the-plate and constructed and arranged to be held-on the plate against displacement, and wedgingmeans operating against said rail-securing means and the adjacent one of the spikes for holding the plate to the tie.

4. A metal tie-plate containing openings adapted to receive means for fastening the plate to a tie, said openings bein spaced sufficiently far apart to cause sai means, when in position in the plate and tie, to be out of engagement with a rail seated thereon, and abutments on the plate for oneside of a rail formedrby bending up the metal of its opposed edge-portions, said abutments being non-coincident with the parts of the plate containing said openings, said plate containing an opening adapted to receive and retain means engaging in said openng for engaging the opposite side of the rail, and also containing another opening adapted to receive a removable and replaceable Wedge-engaging abutment, for the purpose set forth.

5. A metal tie-plate having abutments for a sideof the rail formed from metal of the opposite edge-portions of the plate, and extending obliquely with relation to the sides of the plate, for the purpose set forth.

6. A metal tie-platehaving abutments for aside of the rail formed from metal of the opposite edge-portions of the plate and converging toward'the median line of the plate an extending obli uely with relation to the edges thereof, for t e purpose set'forth.

7. A metal tie-plate carrying undercut abutments for a flange of a rail, formed of metal forming opposite edge-portions ofthe plate, and extending obliquely with relation to the edges of the plate,-and a rib formed on the'plate between said abutments and in line with their undercut portions",

8. In a railwayq'oadbed construction, the

combination of a tie of wood, or other material suitable for receiving spikes, a metal plate spiked thereto, a rail supported on the plate, and means on the plate for .fastening the rail thereto constructed and arranged to engage with the adjacent spike to prevent its accidental withdrawal from the tie.

-9. In a raiIway-roadbedconstruction, the combination of a tie of wood, or other material suitable for receiving spikes, a metal plate spiked thereto, a rail supported on the 7 clip being provided with a lip adapted to plate, abutments on the plate for one side of the rail, and a clip-device onthe plate constructed and arranged to engage with the rail and with the adjacent spike for holding the rail to the plate and preventing the spike from being accidentally withdrawn from the tie. h

10. In'a railway-roadbed construction, the combination of a tie of wood, or other material suitable for receiving spikes, a metal plate spiked thereto and carry means for engaging with one flange of a mi and a cli engagin with "the other flange of the rail for hol ing it to the plate, said last-named bear against the head of the adjacent spike for preventing accidental withdrawal of this spike from the tie.

1 1. In a railwa'y-roadbed construction, the

combination of a tie of wood, or other ma terial suitable for receiving spikes, a metal plate spiked thereto and provided near one end with abutments for one vflange-of ara'il,

and containing near its opposite end a slot adjacent to one of the spikes, a removable and replaceableclip for the opposite flange of the'railadapted to be inserted into said slot and engage with the adjacent flange of the railand the adjacent spike, and interlock with the plate, and means for holding" said clip in rail-securing position.

12. In a railway-roadbed;construction, the combination of a tie of wood, -or other material suitable for receiving spikes, a metal plate provided toward its opposite ends with gages with a side of the rail, and a lip bearing against the top of the adjacent,

spike, and a wedge-bar adapted to be wedged between said chp and the spike adjacent thereto for moving the clip into rigid engagement with the rail.

i CHARLES R. HOLDEN. In presence of- RALPH A. SGHAEFER, JOHN Wilson. 

